Mordechai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mor-de-KHAI
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,964 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #965 for boys
Mordechai is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “of Marduk”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 965th for boys in the US (238 babies).
What does Mordechai mean?
Hebrew: probably from the name of the Babylonian god Marduk
“of Marduk”
Mordecai is the hero of the biblical Book of Esther, cousin and guardian of Queen Esther, remembered at the festival of Purim.
Is Mordechai a girl's or a boy's name?
Mordechai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 238 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mordechai in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,964among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Mordechai, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,733rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 22 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mordechai in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Mordechai in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 22 | #1,311 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 12 | #1,969 |
| 2020 | 14 | #1,733 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,543 |
| 2018 | 12 | #1,981 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 14 | #1,804 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,542 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 20 | #1,290 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,417 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,328 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,312 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,209 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,165 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,259 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,290 |
How popular is Mordechai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #965among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 238about 1 in 7,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 238 boys in the US were named Mordechai, making it the 965th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 875th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 315 boys. It first appears in the records in 1950.
Half of all the boys named Mordechai in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mordechai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 238 | #965 |
| 2024 | 237 | #957 |
| 2023 | 243 | #932 |
| 2022 | 233 | #971 |
| 2021 | 230 | #968 |
| 2020 | 258 | #875 |
| 2019 | 297 | #783 |
| 2018 | 315 | #748 |
| 2017 | 203 | #996 |
| 2016 | 184 | #1,073 |
| 2015 | 175 | #1,103 |
| 2014 | 184 | #1,065 |
| 2013 | 197 | #997 |
| 2012 | 200 | #993 |
| 2011 | 183 | #1,037 |
| 2010 | 162 | #1,143 |
| 2009 | 165 | #1,118 |
| 2008 | 146 | #1,205 |
| 2007 | 148 | #1,188 |
| 2006 | 136 | #1,229 |
| 2005 | 146 | #1,122 |
| 2004 | 153 | #1,052 |
| 2003 | 169 | #963 |
| 2002 | 124 | #1,145 |
| 2001 | 129 | #1,098 |
| 2000 | 116 | #1,173 |
| 1999 | 106 | #1,201 |
| 1998 | 112 | #1,127 |
| 1997 | 114 | #1,107 |
| 1996 | 89 | #1,244 |
| 1995 | 88 | #1,234 |
| 1994 | 96 | #1,159 |
| 1993 | 62 | #1,488 |
| 1992 | 86 | #1,206 |
| 1991 | 75 | #1,291 |
| 1990 | 62 | #1,415 |
| 1989 | 73 | #1,263 |
| 1988 | 68 | #1,236 |
| 1987 | 48 | #1,482 |
| 1986 | 50 | #1,402 |
| 1985 | 50 | #1,370 |
| 1984 | 40 | #1,530 |
| 1983 | 57 | #1,205 |
| 1982 | 44 | #1,440 |
| 1981 | 49 | #1,334 |
| 1980 | 34 | #1,695 |
| 1979 | 41 | #1,464 |
| 1978 | 47 | #1,326 |
| 1977 | 37 | #1,515 |
| 1976 | 32 | #1,645 |
| 1975 | 32 | #1,592 |
| 1974 | 16 | #2,457 |
| 1973 | 28 | #1,653 |
| 1972 | 22 | #1,928 |
| 1971 | 26 | #1,744 |
| 1970 | 21 | #1,938 |
| 1969 | 14 | #2,307 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
Nicknames for Mordechai
Names like Mordechai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mordechai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mordechai, updated 20 October 2026.